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POLL TAX

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Dictionary entry overview: What does poll tax mean?

• POLL TAX (noun)
The noun POLL TAX has 1 sense:

1. a tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote

Familiarity information: POLL TAX used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• POLL TAX (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("poll tax" is a kind of...):

capitation (a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person)

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